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Auction: 24026 - British Guiana Part 1 - The Simon Greenwood Collection
Lot: 71

British Guiana
1852 (Jan.) Lithographed by Waterlow and Sons
The 1852 1 Cent Block of Four with Original Gum
One Cent
1c. black on magenta, a block of four, the two left stamps Type I, others Type II, unused with large part original gum, creases, some surface disturbances touched up and repair in centre of bottom margin outside design not detracting from this major rarity, with only one additional block of four known, being the largest multiple recorded; in addition possessing the very rarely encountered original gum. Friedl Certificate (1980). S.G. 9, £68,000. Photo

provenance:
Philipp von Ferrary, Sale 2 October 1921
A. Caspary, May 1957
Stanley Gibbons Rarities sale, October 1979

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Sold for
£18,000

Starting price
£4000